Shingle-gage.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1903.

H. M. TINKLEPAUGH.

SHIN'GLE GAG-E.

APPLmAT-ION FILED un a. 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 8, 1903. A

AHARRY M. TINKLEPAUGH, OF PRICHARD, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHINGLE-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,256, datedSeptember 8, 19013.

Applicationiiled May 8, 1902l Serial No. 106.457. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, HARRY M. TINKLE- PAUGH', a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Prichard, county of Luzerne, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShingle-Gages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shingle-gages.

The object of the present invention is the provision of an improved gagefor use in shingling operations which will be of simple, durable, andinexpensive construction and adapted to be folded in compact form whennot in use and intended for use to gage the shingles in a novel manner,whereby the number of shingles put on a house by a workman can begreatly increased.

Having the foregoing object in View, the invention consists of ashingle-gage of improved and novel form, as fully set forth hereinafterand recited in the appended'claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view illustrating the mannerof use of the invention; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the invention;Fig. 3, a view of the gage when foldedfand Fig. I a detail on line 4 itof Fig.r2.

The gage is by preference composed of two parts 1 and 2, hinged togetherby the rnle- Y joint 3 and each provided with the vertical web or angeat and the horizontal iange 5. At the corners of the horizontal web5 ofthe section l and at the outer corner of the horizontal ange 5 ofsection 2 the metal comprising the sections is provided withdownwardly-struck points 6, which are intended to be driven into theshingles last laid after the application of the gage thereto, and:nailholes 7 are also provided in the horizontal flanges 5, throughwhich nails can be driven to assist in holding the gage in position, ifdesired. On the flange 5 of section l, adjacent the end thereof, and onthe flange 5 of section 2, adjacent the outer end thereof, are boxes 8,having thumb clamping-screws 9, said boxes being of inverted-U shape,with the flanges 10, which are secured to the ange 5, so that the boxes,together with the iiange 5, provide a boxing having an elongatedinterior with an opening 1l, which is rectangular. In these boxes areadapted to slide and be secured by the thumb-screws the gage members 12,which are of the same size as the openings 11 and provided at theirouter ends with hooks or heads 13 and being also provided withgraduations 14. In practice the length of these gage members will befour inches and of the boxes 8 three inches, the boxes being alsoprovided with graduations l5, so that on pulling out the gage members orpushing them in to any desired extent any desired lap from three inchesup to six inches of the shingles can be had, allowance of the additionalinch of the gage members being for clamping by the thumb-screw.

The use of the invention will be apparent from Fig. l. When the lap ofthe shingles has been decided upon, all the gage members 12 are set forthat lap. The gage is then apL plied by engaging the hooks or heads i3over the lower end of the shingles previously laid and the points Gdriven down to hold the gage. Nails can also be driven through the holes7, if necessary. In practice each section of the gage will be two feetin length, so that the entire gage is four feet, and the next layer ofshingles will be placed with their lower ends' resting against the anges4. After nailing of that row of shingles the gage is moved and placed onthe row just nailed and another row of shingles nailed` on.

I am aware that many changes of construction could be resorted to incarrying out my invention, and Ido not, therefore, limit myself to theprecise form herein shown and described, but consider that I am entitledto all modifications falling within the spirit and scope of theinvention. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A shingle-gage consisting of two sections hinged together and adaptedto work in the L of the vertical side of a house, boxes on each sectionand independent gaging means slidably held in said boxes.

2. A shingle-gage comprising a body having vertical and horizontalIianges, fasteningpoints struck from said horizontal flanges, holesadjacent said points to admit of nails being inserted to assist inholding the gage in position and means on said horizontal flange for adjustably gaging the body.

3. A shingle-gage having a body adapted to act as an abutment for theends of the IOO shingles, fastening points struck from the body at rightangles to the longitudinal plane thereof, and adjustable gaging deviceson the body.

4. A shingle-gage composed ot' a body having vertical and horizontalflanges, adjustable gaging devices on the horizontal anges comprisingboxes, and hook-arms slidably held in said boxes.

5. A shingle-gage consisting of two sections hinged together, boxes oneach section, independent hooked gage members slidable in said boxes,and means for securing said gage members in said boxes.

6.' A shingle-gage consisting of two sections hinged together, boxes onsaid sections, independent gage members having hooks and slidable in theboxes, and clamping-screws on the boxes adapted to clamp the gagemembers at dierent points to which said gage members may be adjusted.

7. A shingle-gage having a body composed of vertical and horizontalflanges, fasteningpoints struck from said horizontal anges, and means outhe horizontal fianges for adjustably gaging the body. Y

8. A shingle-gage comprising a body having vertical and horizontalflanges, said vertical lange forming means for the abutment of thebottom of the next row of shingles to be laid, boxes on the horizontalflanges, gage members adjustably held in said boxes, hooks on said gagemembers adapted to engage the last-laid row of shingles, and means forholding said gage members in theil` adjusted position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aftx my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

HARRY M. TINKLEPAUGH.

Witnesses:

CLYDE GREGORY, H. A. GREGORY.

